LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Luka Doncic will share a team in the All Star next Sunday in Atlanta (Georgia), while Kawhi Leonard, Kyrie Irving and Joel Embiid will lead the other team.

LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets) - who cannot play due to injury - acted as captains of each team, distributing themselves to the rest of the players during a television broadcast.

'King' James, who has served as captain in the three editions in which the All-Star has been played with this format, chose first the Greek Antetokounmpo, winner of the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award of the last two seasons.

With his second choice, the Lakers forward selected Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors), with the third the young Slovenian phenomenon Doncic, whom he named "Luka Magic", and with the fourth Serbian center Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets). ).

Curry (2018) and Antetokounmpo (2019 and 2020) were team captains in the past three All-Stars, in which they lost to "Team LeBron."

In the previous format the players were divided between the Eastern and Western conferences.

"Picking players who complement each other," James said of the secret to his three straight wins as captain.

Substitutes for 'Team LeBron' will be Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers), Ben Simmons (Philadelphia 76ers), Chris Paul (Phoenix Suns), Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics), Paul George (LA Clippers), Domantas Sabonis (Indiana Pacers) and Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz).

For his part,

Kevin Durant

, who will be out due to a hamstring problem, chose first his Nets teammate Kyrie Irving and later Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers), Kawhi Leonard (Los Angeles Clippers), Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards). ) and Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics).

The substitutes for 'Team Durant' will be James Harden (Brooklyn Nets), Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns), Zion Williamson (New Orleans Pelicans), Zach Lavine (Chicago Bulls), Julius Randle (New York Knicks), Nikola Vucevic (Orlando Magic). ) and Donovan Mitchell (Utah Jazz).

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